Sigh … More Dirk ‘n’ David

It doesn’t look like the Dirk Nowitzki/David Hasselhoff thing is going to die down anytime soon, even with the Dallas Mavericks facing a bruising Miami Heat squad that seems capable of making any Hasselhoff lover run crying to his mommy.

You remember that Nowitzki, the Mavericks’ star, revealed during the Spurs series that he sings Hasselhoff’s ’80s hit “Looking for Freedom” to himself to steady his nerves shooting free throws. Then Hasselhoff was a face in the crowd during the Mavs/Phoenix series.

But the last person you’d expect to keep the whole thing going in the NBA Finals is the Heat’s defensive specialist with a perfect last name — Haslem.

In an interview with the Dallas Morning News yesterday, Heat forward Udonis Haslem, essentially Miami’s Bruce Bowen, refused to take a swipe at Nowitzki’s musical tastes. But then he said something shocking:

“I like ‘Knight Rider,’ too,” Haslem told the News. “Michael Knight and all that … Not much of a ‘Baywatch’ fan, but I loved ‘Knight Rider.’ ”

Great.

A footnote: If the series goes seven games, it’ll end June 22. The next day, Adam Sandler’s movie “Click” opens featuring, sigh, Hasselhoff as Sandler’s meanie of a boss. At least Sandler does to Hasselhoff what he tried to do to Bob Barker in “Happy Gilmore” — give him a beatdown after stopping time with his nifty universal remote control.

Too bad we didn’t have it last month to fast-forward through Nowitzki’s original Hasselhoff remark.